Counter-balancing the threat from China: U.S. deepens military cooperation with India

NEW DELHI – India and the U.S. on Monday discussed ways to further strengthen their already expansive bilateral defense, in the backdrop of their Malabar naval combat exercise being successfully held in the Bay of Bengal earlier this month. Visiting U.S. chief of naval operations Admiral Jonathan Greenert held talks with Navy chief Admiral Nirmal Verma, IAF chief Air Chief Marshal N A K Browne and Army vice-chief Lt-Gen S K Singh, apart from calling on defense minister A K Antony and national security adviser Shiv Shankar Menon. –Times of India